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Perspectives on Hybridity

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It is too simplistic to see hybridity only as a type of organisation. Hybrids appear in micro, meso, and macro levels of activity consisting of pairwise interactions and network constellations between business firms and public agencies. Cleantech industry, health policy national innovation systems, and global air travel are showcases of hybrid activities in higher than organisational level of analysis. The current classifications of organisations do not acknowledge the existence of hybrids. The denial of existence of hybrids are embedded in the classification principles which have not followed the evolution of economic and social activities. It is also the case that seeing the reality as more simple than it really is provides heuristic tools to understand complex hybrid arrangements.

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    Jan-Erik Johanson & Jarmo Vakkuri

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Johanson, JE., Vakkuri, J. (2020). Perspectives on Hybridity. In: Lehtimäki, H., Uusikylä, P., Smedlund, A. (eds) Society as an Interaction Space. Translational Systems Sciences, vol 22. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0069-5_2

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